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Re:The Power of Negative Thinking by confluence on Monday August 06, 2012 @07:08AM (#4344703)
You assume wealth is correlated with intelligence (it's actually like 0.03).

You're applying the "halo effect" to these unfortunately delusional people - just because you are rich doesn't really imply anything else about you. It merely indicates that you are, well, rich.

End of attributes.

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Re:The Power of Negative Thinking by johnchristopher on Monday August 06, 2012 @08:22AM (#4344877)
Ah, right. I tend to forget those psychological shortcomings :(

This one is rather strong and I easily fall for it, thank you for reminding me.

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